Simulation pioneers

Revolutionizing the healthcare industry through surgical simulation

Jeff Berkley, Mimic’s CEO and founder, began working as a consultant for a surgery simulation company in 1996, where his focus was real-time continuum mechanic based modeling of soft tissue. Jeff saw first-hand how doctors were reluctant to accept virtual surgery as a valid tool for medical training, given the lack of realism that technology provided at that time. Jeff saw an opportunity to build a company that could solve some of the technological challenges necessary to overcome the doctor’s objections. With these problems solved, surgical simulation has the potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry.

It was during Jeff’s PhD work at University of Washington’s Human Interface Technology Laboratory that Jeff founded Mimic Technologies with the primary objective of providing new solutions that enable a truly realistic simulation experience through software and hardware. Our vision, and passion, is to fuse virtual reality and surgical robotics to create revolutionary products and unique services that will profoundly impact people’s lives.

Mimic is a privately held company incorporated in the state of Washington, USA.

The dV-Trainer® is not a product manufactured, sold, or distributed by Intuitive Surgical, Inc

Training programs on the use of the dV-Trainer® and Xperience Team Trainer simulators are provided by Mimic Medical Education and Development LLC, a Florida limited liability company dba MimicMED™. Although simulators are gaining widespread acceptance and in most cases should enhance a physician’s readiness to perform robotic surgery under the direction of a fully credentialed attending surgeon, MimicMED’s training programs pertain only to the use of the simulators and therefore do not of themselves constitute either specific medical training nor the credentialing of a physician for use of the da Vinci® Surgical System or any other robotic surgical system. The determination of a physician’s readiness to perform robotic surgery is solely the responsibility of the hospital, surgical center, or medical facility where the procedure takes place, as to which neither MimicMED nor its affiliates has any role. The skill competency of a particular physician and any procedure-specific training needs are matters that are determined solely by each treating hospital, surgical center, or medical facility on its own behalf!